@theunhurriedreader

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Reading carefully, writing thoughtfully.
Books reviewed on Instagram and Substack.
Nature-lover, garden-potterer, history-dabbler.
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Hermann Hesse, born on this day in 1877, on finding the soul beneath the self and the key to finding peace https://t.co/i4vpJ8a0Ov
Hermann Hesse on Discovering the Soul Beneath the Self and the Key to Finding Peace

“Self-hate is really the same thing as sheer egoism, and in the long run breeds the same cruel isolation and despair.”

The Marginalian

Category 4 Major Hurricane #Beryl in the Caribbean Sea earlier today. Winds reaching 155 mph, pressure 943 mb.

#HurricaneBeryl #weather #WX

A picture of a receiving ship at Falmouth by an unknown artist after Clarkson Frederick Stanfield. Receiving ships were used to accommodate naval recruits prior to their assignment to a ship. Temeraire served as a receiving ship after her time as a prison
@BrightonMuseums
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https://workshops.emmamitchell.net/courses/botanical-illustration-mental-health-workshop-on-zoom-november via @theunhurriedreader Emma’s ‘Early Bird’ price offer ends soon, so if you’re interested, don’t miss out.
Botanical illustration & mental health workshop on zoom NOVEMBER

In this 3 hr live zoom w'shop on 11 November I'll teach you how to draw plant specimens, add shading to your illustrations & crucially how & why drawing on a regular basis can improve your mental health. EARLYBIRD PRICE AVAILABLE TILL 8 OCT

Emma Mitchell

I've just discovered that Meta illegally used one of my books ("I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha") to train its AI.

They are paraphrasing (uncredited) the contents of my book to make money.

I am not okay with this.

Sarah Silverman and others have started lawsuits. I hope some of the less rich among us can team up and do likewise.

h/t @petergleick

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/books3-database-generative-ai-training-copyright-infringement/675363/?gift=QdM39RGtR94-pmclr4oVwi9lpuV63yswBnoweowTTIM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&s=03

These 183,000 Books Are Fueling the Biggest Fight in Publishing and Tech

Use our new search tool to see which authors have been used to train the machines.

The Atlantic
On this day in 1962, Rachel Carson published "Silent Spring" at great personal risk and against tremendous backlash, as she was dying, catalyzing the modern environmental movement with her bravery of speaking inconvenient truth to power https://t.co/DRwh8xuzi8
The Story Behind “Silent Spring”: How Rachel Carson’s Countercultural Courage Catalyzed the Environmental Movement

“It is, in the deepest sense, a privilege as well as a duty to have the opportunity to speak out — to many thousands of people — on something so important.”

The Marginalian
Rachel Carson published Silent Spring — the work of profound courage and profound loneliness — on this day in 1962, sparking the environmental movement. Her advice on writing and the loneliness of creative work: https://t.co/OL6msCJiPR
Rachel Carson on Writing and the Loneliness of Creative Work

“If you write what you yourself sincerely think and feel and are interested in… you will interest other people.”

The Marginalian
My exclusive 2024 Double A4 Birds calendar can only be bought here;
https://www.carlbovis.com/2024-birds-calendars 😀🐦❤️
2024 Birds Calendars | Carl Bovis Nature Ph

Carl Bovis Nature Ph

Different ways of knowing: “… the next big innovations for societal impact are to be found through unusual collaborations…”

https://www.meredithlewis.com.au/blog/on-unusual-collaborations

Different ways of knowing — Meredith Lewis

“… the next big innovations for societal impact are to be found through unusual collaborations…”

Meredith Lewis
Self portrait, Henri Fantain-Latour, 1858